If he can fight and kill me, we will be your servants. But if I can kill him, you will be our servants.”
Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.
About a month later Nahash the Ammonite and his army surrounded the city of Jabesh in Gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
Then he said, “Today I stand and dare the army of Israel! Send one of your men to fight me!”